So here we are in Oklahoma city. The flights down were uneventful. We moved into our hotel home for the next several days. Lynn had her knee replacement surgery on Tuesday and all went well. She used the same surgeon that did the other knee. No real issues except that she had to spend an… Continue reading Lynn Update
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News and events from our home in Galena
Spring Breakup and more
RIP Snowball 2009-2020 Starting off this post with sad news. Our dog Snowball had to be flown in to town due to being in severe distress and never got to come home. She developed a very serious medical condition and after consultation with the veterinarians in North Pole we had to make the best decision… Continue reading Spring Breakup and more
Waiting for breakup
Social distancing in bush Alaska So now we are doing “social distancing”, I suppose Galena is ahead of the most of the lower 48 since we are 270 air miles from the nearest large city, (Fairbanks). As far as I know most of the villages off the road system have halted passenger flights into and… Continue reading Waiting for breakup
Iditarod Photos
Here is a link to my photograph album for this years Iditarod. Enjoy!
A few more sled dog pictures
A little something to look at that isn’t in the major news. I was drinking my coffee and decided to upload a few more. Once I get caught up at work I’ll put an album up.
Iditarod Comes to Galena
Iditarod and other news Of course we all know what is dominating the news cycle lately. Not going to perpetuate that issue. I’ve been continuing with my run training. I still kind of have a hard time getting out and running at -30F but I’ll get there. Lynn and I had to cancel our trip… Continue reading Iditarod Comes to Galena
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Moose in the mirror
Lots more snow lately. Even the moose have taken to walking in trails and driveways, (can’t really blame them), instead of breaking trail just to get to food. Lynn was backing into our driveway this afternoon and had to wait while this moose calf finished trimming the brush beside our driveway. Last night as I… Continue reading Moose in the mirror
Another chilly day
Snowball and I decided to try and get some of our chores done inside today. Temps outside were indicating right at -50F on the outside thermometer. I needed to catch up on some updates to this blog, mostly updating some older code and such. As you can see, Snowball was so excited to watch she… Continue reading Another chilly day
Recap of last year
Well, so much for my plans to keep this up to date. I’ve decided to take a slightly different tack this time. First up, I’ll try and summarize last year. Lynn’s surgery After many trips to various doctors, Lynn went down to Oklahoma in June and had a total knee replacement. This was a long… Continue reading Recap of last year